Donald Trumps touch is poison.

He said theyd be part of the forthcoming U.S. Crypto Reserve.

For a while after the post, the number went up.

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But now its coming back down again.

I will see to it the U.S. is the Crypto Capital of the World.

We are MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

President Donald Trump talks to reporters at the White House on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC.

In a second post he added everyones preferred crypto.

I also love Bitcoin and Ethereum!

He saidan hour later.

President Donald Trump and billionaire oligarch Elon Musk at UFC 314 at the Kaseya Center on Saturday, April 12, 2025, in downtown Miami.

Trumps postsspiked the priceof all five cryptocurrencies.

But the prices always slide back down.

Trump is volatile and doesnt always do what hes promised.

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Bloomberg has labeled the recent rise and fall the Trump Pump.

The problem is that no one knows how Trump will actually create a strategic reserve.

Hes suggested in the past that hell cobble it together from seized assets gained during federal investigations.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, DC.

He may alsorevalue the price of Americas goldreserve and use some of that money to buy crypto.

But thats also yet to materialize.

February was a month of decline for cryptocurrencies.

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They slid more overall than they had since 2022.

Hours after initiating the Trump Pump, the President announced a more far-reaching and consequential bit of policy.

He was making America great for shell companies again.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk speak in the Oval Office before departing the White House on his way to his South Florida home in Mar-a-Lago in Florida on March 14, 2025.

BOI required companies with fewer than 20 employees to register their business with the government.

Trump has made it easier for big corporations to use smaller ones to hide stuff.

Big Business keeps winning.

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Cryptocurrencies keep floundering, waiting for the next Trump Pump.

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